blockhead wrote:
Oh Yeah, 3 Pro14 home QFs.
Up yours Nigels!!!
Ah you have to feel sorry for Nige, if only there was relegation in the Pro14, England would have 9 teams in the quarter finals.
Better change the rules again.
jezzer wrote:He will never be the second coming of BOD, because the only thing their game shares is probably the appetite for work around the pitch. He'll hopefully be the first coming of Ringrose.
Good idea to merge Ulster and Connacht and get three strong provinces while saving a packet of money. This would re-energise Ulster and bring a good end to the Connacht experiment.
Raydollard wrote:Good idea to merge Ulster and Connacht and get three strong provinces while saving a packet of money. This would re-energise Ulster and bring a good end to the Connacht experiment.
Nonsense we need Connacht as our junior academy.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall who's the greatest player of them all? It is Drico your majesty.
It's not ideal, makes the route to the final that bit harder, but if we cant beat them at home we won't beat them on the road.
Ruddock's tackle stats consistently too low for me to be taken seriously as a Six Nations blindside..... Ruddock's defensive stats don't stack up. - All Blacks Nil, Jan 15th, 2014
England A 8 - 14 Ireland A, 25th Jan 2014 Ruddock(c) 19/2 Tackles
Raydollard wrote:Good idea to merge Ulster and Connacht and get three strong provinces while saving a packet of money. This would re-energise Ulster and bring a good end to the Connacht experiment.
Saving money? You'd begin the death of rugby in Ireland by 1,000 cuts. Connacht are going places, Ulster are down but have the player base to come good again. Both are providing young and experienced players to the national team and have growing fan bases and are beginning in Connacht's case to be a TV draw in Euro comps.
You cut one pro team in five years revenues will fall, fans will fall away from the provincial game, players will more and more go to France/England. The national side and by extension the whole six nations would suffer. At best we'd be back to the 90's/early 00's, at worse it'd be the beginning of the end of the international game being sidelined by club in England/France. You'd give PRL everything they want.
Raydollard wrote:Good idea to merge Ulster and Connacht and get three strong provinces while saving a packet of money. This would re-energise Ulster and bring a good end to the Connacht experiment.
Saving money? You'd begin the death of rugby in Ireland by 1,000 cuts. Connacht are going places, Ulster are down but have the player base to come good again. Both are providing young and experienced players to the national team and have growing fan bases and are beginning in Connacht's case to be a TV draw in Euro comps.
You cut one pro team in five years revenues will fall, fans will fall away from the provincial game, players will more and more go to France/England. The national side and by extension the whole six nations would suffer. At best we'd be back to the 90's/early 00's, at worse it'd be the beginning of the end of the international game being sidelined by club in England/France. You'd give PRL everything they want.
Quite. One of the more silly ideas raised here.
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Raydollard wrote:Good idea to merge Ulster and Connacht and get three strong provinces while saving a packet of money. This would re-energise Ulster and bring a good end to the Connacht experiment.
Saving money? You'd begin the death of rugby in Ireland by 1,000 cuts. Connacht are going places, Ulster are down but have the player base to come good again. Both are providing young and experienced players to the national team and have growing fan bases and are beginning in Connacht's case to be a TV draw in Euro comps.
You cut one pro team in five years revenues will fall, fans will fall away from the provincial game, players will more and more go to France/England. The national side and by extension the whole six nations would suffer. At best we'd be back to the 90's/early 00's, at worse it'd be the beginning of the end of the international game being sidelined by club in England/France. You'd give PRL everything they want.
TJ.
Seriously, nobody takes that yoke seriously.
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There's something very wrong in a system where you qualify as top seeds with a 100% record, but you're relying on 2 results to go your way to get a home semi. Your game and an entirely different game. The situation is compounded by having Saracens but let's put that down to an unfortunate draw. Next year it could be Quins etc. The top seeds should not be relying on results elsewhere to get a home semi (should they win their QF)
Raydollard wrote:Only the strong survive. Connacht is a basket case. Ulster is getting there. What’s so wrong about having three top European clubs? It will come.
To be honest you're probably right we should just bite the bullet and start supporting English teams it's inevitable. Something tells me you'll pick Bristol?
The completion of the group stage has left us with a mouth watering vista: Saracen's for starters in Dublin; Scarlets - the greatest hurdle in our quest for a fourth star, IMO, as I can't see La Rochelle getting a win in Llanelli - as the main course also - luckily - in Dublin; followed by hopefully our provincial rivals Munster for dessert in Bilbao. Am feeling confident. BRING! IT!! ON!!!!
Raydollard wrote:Only the strong survive. Connacht is a basket case. Ulster is getting there. What’s so wrong about having three top European clubs? It will come.
We can have our cake and eat.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall who's the greatest player of them all? It is Drico your majesty.
riocard911 wrote:The completion of the group stage has left us with a mouth watering vista: Saracen's for starters in Dublin; Scarlets - the greatest hurdle in our quest for a fourth star, IMO, as I can't see La Rochelle getting a win in Llanelli - as the main course also - luckily - in Dublin; followed by hopefully our provincial rivals Munster for dessert in Bilbao. Am feeling confident. BRING! IT!! ON!!!!
Whatever about our run to the final, I can't see Munster overcoming Clermont away in France. If we manage to get to Bilbao, then I expect it to be a classic against our favourite enemy from the tire factory.
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